Analyzing WW Jacobs 'Short Story The Monkey's Paw'

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"The monkey ' s paw " is by WW Jacobs short story about one family of three people, featuring father, mother , and son. They are talking together general like other family. one day, they have a friend who will come to their house and this will make a large chage for their family.

In the story Sergeant Morris talks about his experience in India and about the thing from a holy old man in India. That thing is a monkey ' s paw could give three wish as like the Dragon ball to three people before people can give but another wish made him died. I think the mystery of monkey's paw The owner before Sergeant Major Morris asked for three wishes and died. That event makes Mr. White interested and the wish can attracts everyone is money. Mr. White begs
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That event makes them so sad. For the second with Mrs. white missed their son so she wishes for her to resurrect but everything in world are not free. He is not human and he is like a demon. Mr. white thinks" we should take him back to heaven" so he use the last wish to take him back. I think about the short have good and bad but about that event everything in world not free. In short story that place they live are house so far away from people. theme about the short story he talking about the bad thing that should not try make bad happen to their self. point of view in the short story are the third person point of view because the short story taking about another people .In the short story nothing is easy and everything will have an exchange. That event makes Mrs. white very sad and makes her need to bring her .It makes her not knowing what is bad or good If she did not have another wishes the visitor will coming to them be very dangerous and maybe it will attack them. Everything starts because first Mr. white does not trust the warning of Sergeant-Major. It leads to bad thing. I think everything that made it happen are Mr. white and his son. My

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